VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA â€" September 15, 2014: New Pacific Metals Corp. (“New Pacific” or the “Company”) today announced its audited consolidated financial results for the year ended June 30, 2014.Â

This earnings release should be read in conjunction with the Company's Management Discussion & Analysis, Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements for the corresponding period, which have been posted on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and are also available on the Company's website at www.newpacificmetals.com.Â All figures are expressed in Canadian Dollars (CAD) unless otherwise stated.

FISCAL 2014 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

For the year ended June 30, 2014, the Company reported net loss attributable to equity holders of $41.5 million or $0.62 per share compared to $1.3 million or $0.02 per share in the prior year.Â

Due to the flooding in summer 2014 that closed public bridge access to the Tagish Lake site, and the prolonged inactivity as a result of the Yukon government’s inaction to resolve the exploration permit’s security deposit, management has elected to cease operations at the TLG Project.Â Management will revisit this issue once the Yukon government replaces the bridge and addresses the permit security issue, which the Company expects to be completed in mid-2015.Â The Company assessed the recoverable amounts at the value in use of each cash-generating unit to determine if there was any impairment.Â As a result of the assessment, an impairment expense of $40.0 million was recognized against the carrying amounts of the project’s mineral interest and plant and equipment.

Excluding impairment and other non-cash effects from foreign exchange and other non-cash expenses, the Company recorded cash expenses of $1.6 million in the current fiscal year compared to $1.8 million in the prior year.Â The reduction in general expenses was attributed to cost saving initiatives and the reduction of travel and other general exploration expenses.

As at the end of the fiscal year, the Company had $21.7 million in cash and cash equivalents and short term investments.

FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL SUMMARY

For the quarter ended June 30, 2014, the Company reported net loss attributable to equity holders of $41.0 million or $0.61 per share, compared to net income of $0.2 million or $0.003 per share, in the same prior year period.Â

Net loss in the current quarter includes impairment of the Tagish Lake Gold project of $40.0 million compared to $nil in the prior year quarter.Â Excluding impairment and other non-cash effects from foreign exchange and other non-cash expenses, the Company recorded cash expenses of $0.4 million in the current quarter compared to $0.6 million in the prior year quarter.

ABOUT NEW PACIFIC

New Pacific is a Canadian gold and silver exploration and development company which owns the Tagish Lake gold project in Yukon, Canada and the RZY Project in Qinghai Province, China.

Certain of the statements and information in this press release constitute “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. Any statements or information that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects”, “is expected”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”, “projects”, “estimates”, “assumes”, “intends”, “strategies”, “targets”, “goals”, “forecasts”, “objectives”, “budgets”, “schedules”, “potential” or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any of these terms and similar expressions) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements or information relate to, among other things: the price of silver and other metals; the accuracy of mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates at the Company’s material properties; the sufficiency of the Company’s capital to finance the Company’s operations; estimates of the Company’s revenues and capital expenditures; timing of receipt of permits and regulatory approvals; availability of funds from production to finance the Company’s operations; and access to and availability of funding for future construction, use of proceeds from any financing and development of the Company’s properties.

Forward-looking statements or information are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information, including, without limitation, risks relating to: fluctuating commodity prices; calculation of resources, reserves and mineralization and precious and base metal recovery; interpretations and assumptions of mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates; exploration and development programs; feasibility and engineering reports; permits and licences; title to properties; First Nations title claims and rights; property interests; joint venture partners; acquisition of commercially mineable mineral rights; financing; recent market events and conditions; economic factors affecting the Company; timing, estimated amount, capital and operating expenditures and economic returns of future production; integration of future acquisitions into the Company’s existing operations; competition; operations and political conditions; regulatory environment in Canada; environmental risks; insurance; risks and hazards of mining operations; key personnel; conflicts of interest; dependence on management.

This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company’s forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements or information are statements about the future and are inherently uncertain, and actual achievements of the Company or other future events or conditions may differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements or information due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, without limitation, those referred to in the Company’s Annual Information Form for the year ended June 30, 2012 under the heading “Risk Factors”. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, described or intended. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information.

The Company’s forward-looking statements and information are based on the assumptions, beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of this press release, and other than as required by applicable securities laws, the Company does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements and information if circumstances or management’s assumptions, beliefs, expectations or opinions should change, or changes in any other events affecting such statements or information. For the reasons set forth above, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information.